Sherwood America Inc., one of the world’s leading manufacturer of high performance audio equipment, today introduced its first Blu-ray DVD player. The BDP-6003 supports Blu-ray profile 2.0 and supports 1080p video at 60 Hz or 24 Hz and supports lossless audio from both Dolby and DTS.

According to Jeffrey Hipps, Sherwood’s Sr. VP for Marketing and Product Development, “we are thrilled to be able to offer an advanced player that not only supports 1080p video output but also has built-in decoding for the latest lossless audio formats: Dolby TruHD and DTS-Master Audio HD. Because the decoding is on-board, users with older AVR’s can still experience the thrill of lossless audio via their receiver’s 6 channel analog input.”

The BDP-6003 is fully compatible with the latest HDMI 1.3 standard and plays virtually all of today’s disc formats.

MSRP for the BDP-6003 is $499.95 and it is available at the end of October, 2008. Since 1953, Sherwood has designed and manufactured high-performance, cost effective audio gear. Products bearing the Sherwood Newcastle brand are designed for specialty audio dealers and custom installers.

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